Movie and TV adaptations of Stephen King’s work are often hit or miss. For every Misery there is a Dreamcatcher; for every Pet Sematary there’s a Lawnmower Man. There are certain elements that remain throughout King’s adapted works, and strangely, these elements are popping up in things he had nothing to do with, as this article over at Grantland explains.

Censorship sucks, and not so long ago, a bunch of dicks decided to clamp down on a lot of now-tame horror films, which were at the time considered appalling, terrible, and other synonyms to that effect. This article from The Independent looks back at how the BBFC overreacted to what became known as ‘Video Nasties’ (now known, in this age of Martys and Hostel, as ‘Video Niceties).

ADAM MILLARD

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